Cell count and differential of aspirated fluid in the diagnosis of infection at the site of total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1637-1643

  Ghanem, Elie ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Burnett, R Stephen J ^b   Sharkey, Peter F ^a   Keshavarzi, Nahid ^a   Aggarwal, Ajay ^b   Barrack, Robert L ^b  

^a ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 48749092113     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00470     Document Type: Article

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